Is V100 FERPA compliant?

V100 implements the technical safeguards required for FERPA compliance: encryption of student education records at rest (AES-256-GCM) and in transit (TLS 1.3), access controls that limit data access to authorized personnel, comprehensive audit logging, and configurable data retention and deletion policies. V100 does not use student data for advertising or marketing purposes. Educational institutions can sign a data processing agreement that defines V100 as a 'school official' with a legitimate educational interest under FERPA.

Can V100 integrate with existing LMS platforms?

V100 provides a REST API with 200+ endpoints that can be integrated with any LMS. The API supports session creation, recording retrieval, transcript access, and attendance data export. While V100 does not currently offer pre-built LTI plugins for specific LMS platforms like Canvas, Blackboard, or Moodle, the API-first architecture makes custom integration straightforward for development teams.

How does V100 handle multilingual transcription for diverse student bodies?

V100's transcription engine supports 40+ languages with automatic language detection. A lecture delivered in English can be transcribed and captioned in Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi, and dozens of other languages simultaneously. This is essential for universities with international student populations who benefit from captions in their native language.

EDUCATION VERTICAL

FERPA Compliant
Video Classroom

The shift to hybrid and online education is permanent. Universities and school districts need video infrastructure that understands educational workflows, not consumer conferencing tools repurposed for classrooms. V100 is a FERPA compliant video platform for education that ships with live classes, automatic lecture recording, AI transcription in 40+ languages, AI-generated study notes, attendance tracking, breakout rooms, and an API-first architecture ready for LMS integration.

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Why Zoom Fails the Classroom

Problems with General-Purpose Video in Education

No educational context. Zoom was built for business meetings. It has no concept of a syllabus, a lecture recording library, student attendance, or academic calendar integration. Every educational workflow requires workarounds.
FERPA concerns. FERPA requires that student education records -- including participation data and recorded class sessions -- are protected from unauthorized disclosure. Zoom's data handling policies and third-party integrations create compliance surface area that IT departments struggle to manage.
No multilingual support for diverse campuses. International students benefit enormously from real-time captions in their native language. Zoom's live transcription supports a limited set of languages and does not offer simultaneous multi-language captioning.
No AI study aids. Lecture recordings become video archives that students rarely revisit because navigating a 90-minute recording to find one concept is too time-consuming. Without AI-powered search, summaries, and key point extraction, recorded lectures have low educational impact.

The V100 Approach

Built for educational workflows. V100's API supports class scheduling, automatic recording, lecture libraries, student-specific access controls, and attendance tracking. These are first-class features, not afterthoughts bolted onto a meeting product.
FERPA compliance on every plan. Encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging, access controls, configurable data retention, and no use of student data for advertising. Educational institutions can sign a data processing agreement designating V100 as a school official under FERPA.
40+ language transcription and captioning. Simultaneous captions in multiple languages. A lecture in English can be captioned in Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Korean, and Hindi at the same time, serving the diverse language needs of modern campuses.
AI study notes and searchable lectures. Every recorded lecture is transcribed, summarized, and indexed. Students search for specific concepts across an entire semester's recordings. AI-generated study notes extract key points, definitions, and formulas from lecture content.

Educational Use Cases

V100 supports every modality of educational video, from live synchronous classes to asynchronous lecture libraries.

Live Virtual Classes

Synchronous classes with up to 200 participants. Screen sharing for slides and demonstrations, real-time Q&A, hand raising, and chat. Breakout rooms for small group discussions. Automatic recording captures everything for students who cannot attend live.

Recorded Lecture Library

Every class session is automatically recorded, transcribed, and added to a searchable lecture library. Students search by keyword across all lectures in a course. AI-generated chapter markers break long recordings into navigable segments. CDN delivery ensures fast playback globally.

AI Study Notes

AI generates structured study notes from lecture transcripts. Key concepts, definitions, formulas, and takeaways are extracted automatically. Students receive a study guide alongside the recording, reducing the need to manually take notes during live lectures so they can focus on understanding the material.

Multilingual Captioning

Real-time captions in 40+ languages. International students follow along in their native language. Captions also serve students who are deaf or hard of hearing, meeting ADA accessibility requirements. Captions are available as burned-in video or downloadable SRT/VTT files.

Attendance Tracking

Automatic attendance logging based on session participation. Track when each student joined, how long they were present, and whether they had their camera enabled. Export attendance data via API for integration with your student information system. Configurable policies for minimum attendance duration.

Breakout Rooms

Split classes into smaller groups for discussion, group projects, and peer learning. Instructors move between rooms, broadcast announcements to all rooms, and recall all participants to the main session. Each breakout room can be independently recorded and transcribed.

FERPA Compliance Built Into the Infrastructure

FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) protects the privacy of student education records. V100 implements the technical controls required for FERPA compliance as default behaviors, not optional add-ons.

Encryption on Every Session

AES-256-GCM encryption for all stored recordings, transcripts, and student participation data. TLS 1.3 for all data in transit. Optional post-quantum E2E encryption for sessions involving particularly sensitive student information.

Access Controls

Role-based access: instructors, students, teaching assistants, and administrators see only what they are authorized to see. Students cannot access other students' participation data. Recordings are restricted to enrolled students in the course.

Audit Logging

Every access to student education records is logged: who accessed what recording, when, from which IP address. Logs are immutable and available for FERPA compliance audits. Parents or eligible students can request access logs for their records.

Data Retention and Deletion

Configurable retention policies per course, department, or institution. Automatic deletion after the retention period expires. Manual deletion requests are processed within 30 days. Deletion is cryptographic -- encrypted data is destroyed by destroying the encryption keys.

No Student Data for Advertising

V100 does not use student education records, participation data, or any data generated during educational sessions for advertising, marketing, or any purpose other than providing the video service. This is contractually guaranteed in the data processing agreement.

Data Processing Agreement

V100 provides a data processing agreement that designates V100 as a "school official" with a legitimate educational interest under FERPA 99.31(a)(1). The agreement defines data handling obligations, breach notification timelines, and data return/deletion provisions.

AI Features for Education

V100's AI capabilities transform passive lecture recordings into active learning resources. Every recording becomes a searchable, summarized, annotated study resource that students can engage with on their own time.

Searchable Lecture Archive

Every lecture is transcribed and indexed. Students search for "mitochondria" or "Keynesian economics" and get timestamped results across all lectures in a course or across their entire academic career. Click a result to jump to that exact moment in the video.

Full-text search across entire course catalogs

AI Study Notes

Structured notes generated from lecture transcripts. Key concepts, definitions, examples, and formulas are extracted and organized. Notes follow the lecture's structure with section headings that correspond to the video's chapter markers. Students review notes instead of rewatching hours of video.

Organized by topic with video timestamp links

Auto Chapter Markers

AI detects topic changes in the lecture and creates chapter markers automatically. A 90-minute lecture is broken into navigable sections: "Introduction," "Market Equilibrium," "Supply Curve Shifts," "Practice Problem." Students jump directly to the section they need to review for an exam.

Automatic topic detection with timestamp navigation

LMS Integration

V100's API-first architecture makes it straightforward to integrate with existing Learning Management Systems. While V100 does not currently ship pre-built LTI plugins, the REST API provides all the building blocks for custom integration.

create-class-session.js

import { V100 } from 'v100-sdk';
const v100 = new V100('YOUR_API_KEY');

// Create a class session from your LMS
const session = await v100.meetings.create({
  name: 'BIO 201 — Cell Biology, Lecture 14',
  recording: true,
  transcription: {
    enabled: true,
    language: 'en',
    additionalCaptionLanguages: ['es', 'zh', 'ar'],
    diarize: true
  },
  aiNotes: true,                  // Generate study notes
  attendance: { enabled: true },
  breakoutRooms: {
    enabled: true,
    count: 6,                     // 6 discussion groups
    assignment: 'random'           // 'random' | 'manual' | 'self-select'
  },
  accessControl: {
    roles: ['instructor', 'student', 'ta'],
    recordingAccess: ['instructor', 'student', 'ta']
  }
});

// After class, get attendance data for your SIS
const attendance = await v100.meetings.attendance(session.id);
// attendance = [
//   { studentId: "stu_001", joinedAt: "...", duration: 4920, cameraOn: true },
//   { studentId: "stu_002", joinedAt: "...", duration: 4800, cameraOn: false },
//   ...
// ]

200+

REST API Endpoints

Webhooks

Session start, end, recording ready, transcript complete, attendance

40+

Languages for transcription and captioning

Pricing for Education

FERPA compliance, encryption, attendance tracking, and AI study notes are included on every plan. No "education add-on" tier. Volume discounts available for district-wide and university-wide deployments.

Starter

Free

Up to 100 sessions/month

FERPA compliant
E2E encryption
Basic transcription
Attendance tracking
Breakout rooms

Professional

$0.05/min

Unlimited sessions

Everything in Starter
40+ language captions
AI study notes
Searchable lecture archive
Chapter markers
White-label embedding

Enterprise

Custom

University-wide deployment

Everything in Professional
Volume discounts
SSO / SAML / LDAP
SIS integration support
Dedicated infrastructure
Dedicated support

FERPA CompliantVideo Classroom

Why Zoom Fails the Classroom

Problems with General-Purpose Video in Education

The V100 Approach

Educational Use Cases

Live Virtual Classes

Recorded Lecture Library

AI Study Notes

Multilingual Captioning

Attendance Tracking

Breakout Rooms

FERPA Compliance Built Into the Infrastructure

Encryption on Every Session

Access Controls

Audit Logging

Data Retention and Deletion

No Student Data for Advertising

Data Processing Agreement

AI Features for Education

Searchable Lecture Archive

AI Study Notes

Auto Chapter Markers

LMS Integration

Pricing for Education

Schedule an Education Demo

FERPA Compliant
Video Classroom